Zingali HM-215 horn speakers


Anyone have or have heard these speakers? Pluses? Minuses? Looking into horn mids with strong bass that have that "WOW" factor without being lots of "pieces" (i.e., no Avantgardes).

Thanks
fplanner2010
I have a pair of the Zingali omniray floorstandering horn loaded towers (model S3, I think). These are stunning looking, very dynamic and actually quite neutral with no obvious coloration to my ear - at least until the spls get really high, at which point they can get a bit hard (like many, many other designs). My main complaint is the foam surrounds on the drivers which will degrade over time. All in, I'd still say that, while they are a less than perfect design, they are still (at their price) a very good value in premium finish horn loaded speakers.

Good Luck

Marty
BTW,

The old distrubutor, OSSaudio.com in Toluca Lake, Ca. may still have an odd pair or two available on closeout.

Marty
I haven't heard that particular model, but I heard a smaller model with a single 15" woofer and it was quite nice.

If you're looking for "strong bass", the one with the single 15" woofer might be better. Adding a second identical woofer without doubling the box size will of course raise the efficiency but will actually reduce the bass extension.

Duke
dealer/manufacturer
Thanks Duke. Looks like that won't be an issue since I can't find a Zingali distributor in the US and I've already talked to Randy at OSS, who was very gracious but no longer connected to Zingali.

I'm pretty leery of the brand if there is no US support, so unless I just stumble across a pair, further investigation is not warranted at this point.